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* Shinto priestess in training [[Anime/HauntedJunction Mutsuki Asahina]] from has an ''ōnusa'' and uses it as a SimpleStaff among other things.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', Kagu uses these as adorable hair decorations once she becomes a {{Miko}}.

** Suzu wears a hairpin of a ''shide'', symbolizing her status as a sort of DeityInHumanForm.

* Used often in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' , by being associated with four characters: Reimu's gohei, Kanako's shimenawa, Sanae's haraegushi, and on shimenawa wrapped around Tenshi's rocks. Reimu in the very first game (the one that wasn't a BulletHell shooter) used her gohei to whack around her AncestralWeapon, the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb; in the fighting game spin-offs, she whacks opponents directly with the gohei instead.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' you can buy ''ōnusa'' from convenience stores, which cure the [[StandardStatusEffects possession ailment]].

* ''Shide'' and ''shimenawa'' are prevalent in ''[[Literature/BritsuneGardenSeries Britsune Garden]], which appear on certain character designs such as that of Sachiko Snowblossom or the Yuki-Inu and are around sacred objects such as trees and torii.

* In ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'', Nagi has an ''ōnusa'' that resembles a MagicalGirl's wand. There's also a ''shide'' in the series logo, which has four segments, each of which has one of four hiragana characters from the title on it.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', Kagu uses these as [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs adorable hair decorations]] once she becomes a {{Miko}}.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'', Patch waves a gohei at the items he's repairing in his Ritual.

* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'', Mizuki fights with a shimenawa. [[NerfArm She can cut you in half with it.]]

* These appear in barrier rope form in the ''Franchise/FatalFrame'' series. The horror comes from this: this form is generally meant to protect a shrine from defilement. The shrines in ''Fatal Frame'' are... different.

* These appear in barrier rope form in the ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' series. The horror comes from this: this form is generally meant to protect a shrine from defilement. The shrines in ''Fatal Frame'' are... different.

* Enemy Lairs in ''[[MuramasaTheDemonBlade Muramasa: The Demon Blade]]'' are marked with shimenawa. The rope breaks when you pass by, presumably so that they can be entered, but will repair itself after a short time.

* In ''VideoGame/PockyAndRocky'', player character Sayo-chan / Pocky is a {{miko}} who uses an ''ōnusa'' as a weapon.

* In ''KikiKaiKai'' / ''Pocky and Rocky'', player character Sayo-chan / Pocky (a {{miko}}) uses an ''ōnusa'' as a weapon.

* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'', this is one of the decorations you can obtain from The Island level of LBP1.

* In ''Anime/{{Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki}}'', the entrance of the cave where Ryoko was trapped had a ''shimenawa'' hung from the walls which also encircled a large rock hanging from the ceiling.

* [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Mizuki]] fights with a shimenawa in ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''. [[ImplausibleFencingPowers She can cut you in half with it.]]

* Okabe Rintarou specifically requests to be cleansed with a rod holding one of these by {{miko}} Ruka in VisualNovel/''SteinsGate''. It highlights him as a weirdo because no one requests this, and it actually takes Ruka a minute to find where his family keeps it.

* Okabe Rintarou specifically requests to be cleansed with a rod holding one of these by {{Miko}} Ruka in VisualNovel/SteinsGate. It highlights him as a weirdo because no one requests this, and it actually takes Ruka a minute to find where his family keeps it.

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* [[SamuraiShodown Mizuki]] fights with a shimenawa in ''SamuraiShodown''. [[ImplausibleFencingPowers She can cut you in half with it.]]